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851312

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-5-27
pubmed:abstractText
Weighted process criteria based on chart review using an algorithmic method, and weighted outcome criteria based on a telephone interview with the patient, were used to assess the quality of emergency room care of women with symptoms of acute urinary tract infection. Outcomes at a municipal hospital were significantly better than those at an affiliated voluntary hospital. Process and outcome scores were positively correlated at both hospitals; the data suggest, but do not themselves adequately test, the hypothesis that the correlation is curvilinear and that there is a threshold process score below which a poor outcome is extremely likely. Our findings suggest that weighted algorithmic assessment criteria are a useful method for quality assessment and are consistent with the testable hypothesis that the greatest improvements in outcome may result from raising the quality of care from a poor to an adequate level rather than from an adequate to an optimal level.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0003-4819
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
617-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Quality-of-care assessment by process and outcome scoring. Use of weighted algorithmic assessment criteria for evaluation of emergency room care of women with symptoms of urinary tract infection.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study